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NewsSainsbury's to open four more in-store Mini Habitats
The openings will mean Sainsbury’s has a total of 10 Mini Habitats across its network
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NewsNew profits warning from Real Good Food
Real Good Food has warned it is likely to post a loss in the current financial year commodity price increases and labour costs have hit earnings.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 Oct: Aldi/Lidl, Sainsbury's, Brexit
Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are pressing ahead with rapid expansion despite fears over shifting shopping habits that are forcing Britain’s “Big Four” grocers to shake up their store estates.
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NewsBrewDog returns to crowd for fifth time to raise £10m
BrewDog is again turning to its ‘equity punks’ to raise up to £50m in its fifth crowd campaign
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NewsP&G reports sluggish growth in first quarter
Procter & Gamble got off to a slow start in its new financial year as sales came in below expectations as sluggish growth continued to plague global consumer goods giants.
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NewsReckitt restructure baffles City analysts
A surprise radical restructure at Reckitt Benckiser left analysts scratching their heads this week
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NewsQuorn capitalises on meat-free popularity with revenue jump
Quorn is back in double-digit growth as demand for meat-free alternatives continues to boom in the UK and overseas…
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NewsHarrods sales pass £2bn as tourists make most of weak pound
Harrods expects capital expenditure to continue to increase over the coming years
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NewsCity snapshot: Metro sales slow in final quarter
Sales slowed in the final quarter for German retailer Metro as like-for-like growth fell back in its wholesale stores and its Real hypermarkets. Plus, DX Group shakes up leadership team as it reports another £80m-plus loss forthe year.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 October: Unilever, Nestlé, Pernod Ricard, M&S
Unilever’s third quarter trading update was the big fmcg news of the day as the papers dissected how the consumer goods giant was performing after fighting off an unwanted takeover bid from Kraft Heinz earlier this year.
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NewsBooze industry bodies: no-deal Brexit 'unacceptable'
UK and EU trade organisations have called for continued flow of goods post-Brexit
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NewsMalcolm Burns made senior VP & international MD at Amplify
As interim international MD since June, Burns has created and begun executing a performance improvement plan
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NewsGermany's Fuchs Group spices up portfolio with acquisition of Bart Ingredients
Bart Ingredients has been acquired by Germany’s largest spice producer for an undisclosed fee.
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NewsSeachill targets more listings at mults after Hilton buyout
Hilton confirmed it had agreed to buy Icelandic Seachill from parent Icelandic Group on 18 October in an £84m deal
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NewsAF Blakemore hails "good solid result" of 1.4% sales increase
The Spar wholesaler said it recorded sales of £1.3bn for the 53 weeks to 30 April
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NewsRefresco enters talks with PAI over £1.4bn takeover bid
Soft drinks bottler Refresco has entered negotiations with PAI Partners after weighing up a renewed €1.6bn (£1.4bn) takeover bid from the French private equity giant earlier this month.
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NewsMedia Bites 19 October: Reckitt Benckiser, BrewDog, Danone
Reckitt Benckiser caused a stir as it announced dramatic plans to restructure the business in its third quarter trading update.
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever growth boosted by emerging markets in Q3
Unilever has grown underlying sales by 2.6% in the third quarter as it performed strongly in emerging markets. Plus, Nestlé increases organic growth in the first nine months of 2017; and Pernod Ricard has “a very good start” to the year.
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Comment & OpinionThe first cut isn’t always the deepest. Sometimes it’s the following ones that prove fatal
The latest news of job cuts at Sainsbury’s was perhaps to be expected after similar announcements from Tesco and Asda, but will they really deliver cost savings for the mults?
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NewsReckitt Benckiser restructures as sales decline again
Reckitt Benckiser revealed today it was restructuring the group into two distinct divisions as consumer healthcare and hygiene giant trimmed its full-year forecasts again as trading continued to be challenging.